security

security
n
1. safety, secureness, surety, safeness; invulnerability, impregnability, immunity; unattackability, unassailability, inexpugnability; dependability, reliability, trustiness, trustworthiness; firmness, steadiness, stability, fastness; tightness, closeness, immovability.
2. confidence, assurance, reassurance, conviction; certainty, certitude, sureness, freedom from doubt; trust, faith, faithfulness, reliance, credence, hope; conclusiveness, definitiveness, positiveness, absoluteness, definiteness; irrefutability, incontestability, unimpeachability, incontrovertibility, indubitability, unde-niability, irrefragability.
3. protection, defense, strength; bulwark, fortification, rampart, tower of strength, stronghold; bastion, shelter, guard, safeguard, shield, screen, cover; palladium, asylum, refuge, sanctuary, retreat.
4. preservation, self-preservation, safekeeping; protectorship, protectorate, custodianship; auspices, aegis, eye, father's eye, patronage; ward, charge, custody, keep.
5. assurance, guarantee, warrant, wairanty; surety, bail, Law. replevin, recognizance; collateral, mortgage, Marine Law. bottomry, Law. escrow; stake, pledge, hostage, pawn; troth, vow, contract, word, word of honor, verbal agreement.

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